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Translingual
editEtymology
editThe "and following" sense is an abbreviation of Latin folio (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”). The "folios" that follow can be pages, paragraphs, Bible verses, or other sections of written material.
Symbol
editff
- fortissimo
- "and following" (pages, etc)
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Fula.
English
editLetter
editff
- Often written in old manuscripts or transcriptions of them, denoting a capital F.
- c. 1570s – 1580 (date written), [Philip Sidney], “The First Booke or Acte”, in [T]he Countess of Pembrookes Arcadia [The Old Arcadia], folio 10, recto, lines 2–4:
- ffor, as the Love of heaven makes one heavenly, the love of vertue vertuous, ſo dothe the love of the Worlde make one become worldly, […]
See also
editFurther reading
edit- word-initial ff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
editff (third-person singular simple present ffs, present participle ffing, simple past and past participle ffed)
Usage notes
editUsed to call for surrender, typically of one's own team.
Dutch
editEtymology 1
editAbbreviation of Latin folio (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”).
Phrase
editff
Etymology 2
editWhen pronounced as the plural of 'f', it sounds like the Dutch word effen.
Adverb
editff
- (informal) Abbreviation of effen; briefly, just
Usage notes
editThis abbreviation is primarily used in informal communication, such as text messaging and web messaging.
Welsh
editPronunciation
editLetter
editff (lower case, upper case Ff)
- The ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èff and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by f and followed by g.
Usage notes
editLike the other Welsh digraphs, ff is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, ffa is alphabetically sorted after fwltur.
Mutation
edit- ff cannot be mutated in Welsh.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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